Two former Parramatta Eels players are accused of harbouring semi-automatic weapons and possessing more than half-a-million dollars in cash after dramatic arrests in Sydney's Centennial Park yesterday.

In the statement read during a sentencing hearing, Mr Taiba said he had to relearn basic life skills such as speaking, eating, walking, "things I took for granted before, things I needed to achieve to get back home to my family".

In October, a jury found Longworth guilty of recklessly inflicting grievous bodily harm, but not guilty of the more serious charge of intentionally inflicting grievous bodily harm.